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Kirkwood Park, two miles northeast of downtown inside the old Coliseum Boulevard beltway, is a mid-century neighborhood built around a park. The original plat was laid out in 1938 by surveyor H. K. Gottschalk for William L. and Inez (Kirkwood) Jones; five additions followed between 1940 and 1950, surveyed by Adolph K. Hofer. The nomination says the development "presumably" took its name from Inez Jones's maiden name, and the word presumably is the nomination's own. The west half of the district is organized around a large semicircular park fronted by homes on Kirkwood Circle and Kirkwood Drive, with brick entry piers carrying the neighborhood's name tablet. The nomination counts 183 contributing resources; about 160 homes were built between 1938 and 1963, mostly Colonial Revival, Cape Cod, and Ranch houses. The Kirkwood Park Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025, the culmination of work begun in the summer of 2022. In October 2026 the City Council approved $1.941 million for concrete street reconstruction in the neighborhood, with completion expected in November 2027. Its buildings are treated in the Architecture section.
Sources: National Register nomination, Kirkwood Park Historic District (Indiana DHPA/SHAARD); Kirkwood Park listing release, June 18, 2025; City of Fort Wayne release, October 21, 2026.